At First, Everybody Walked--The Conestoga Wagon--Wright's and other Ferries--We did a lot of Canal Business--Arks and Rafts--Fulton Succeeded where Others Failed--Ships Carried Lancaster Names--First Transatlantic Balloon Flight--The Lancaster Turnpike--Bridges Over the Susquehanna--Covered Bridges Give Distinction--The Trolley Era--Early Trains--Old Trains in State Museum--The Horseless Carriage--The Historic Amish Carriage.
introduction by Gerald S. Lestz ; photographic contributions by John Herr.
ISBN
0963515306
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster County, Pa.]
Publisher
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
xv, 176 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Notes
Rare book copy is autographed by the author and photographer. Issued in case with Millersville University imprinted in gold.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
This elegant picture book identifies many 18th and early 19th century family homes, barns, mills, churches, and out buildings found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania today. Gerald S. Lestz, noted local historian, has authored the introduction which includes interesting information on the history and stylistic development of Lancaster County's architecture form 1700 to 1850. You will see Germanic, Traditional English, Georgian, Federal, and Classical Revival buildings.
